Exodus 1

1 Hæc sunt nomina filiorum Israël qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum cum Jacob: singuli cum domibus suis introierunt:

Now these [are] the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

2 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

3 Issachar, Zabulon et Benjamin,

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

4 Dan et Nephthali, Gad et Aser.

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

5 Erant igitur omnes animæ eorum qui egressi sunt de femore Jacob, septuaginta: Joseph autem in Ægypto erat.

And all the souls that descended from Jacob, were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already].

6 Quo mortuo, et universis fratribus ejus, omnique cognatione illa,

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

7 filii Israël creverunt, et quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt: ac roborati nimis, impleverunt terram.

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

8 Surrexit interea rex novus super Ægyptum, qui ignorabat Joseph.

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

9 Et ait ad populum suum: Ecce, populus filiorum Israël multus, et fortior nobis est.

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we.

10 Venite, sapienter opprimamus eum, ne forte multiplicetur: et si ingruerit contra nos bellum, addatur inimicis nostris, expugnatisque nobis egrediatur de terra.

Come, let us deal wisely with them: lest they multiply, and it shall come to pass, that when there falleth out any war, they will join with our enemies, and fight against us, and depart from the land.

11 Præposuit itaque eis magistros operum, ut affligerent eos oneribus: ædificaveruntque urbes tabernaculorum Pharaoni, Phithom et Ramesses.

Therefore they set over them task-masters, to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom, and Raamses.

12 Quantoque opprimebant eos, tanto magis multiplicabantur, et crescebant:

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

13 oderantque filios Israël Ægyptii, et affligebant illudentes eis,

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor.

14 atque ad amaritudinem perducebant vitam eorum operibus duris luti et lateris, omnique famulatu, quo in terræ operibus premebantur.

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service in which they made them serve, [was] with rigor.

15 Dixit autem rex Ægypti obstetricibus Hebræorum, quarum una vocabatur Sephora, altera Phua,

And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: )

16 præcipiens eis: Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas, et partus tempus advenerit: si masculus fuerit, interficite eum: si femina, reservate.

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the stools; if it [shall be] a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it [shall be] a daughter, then she shall live.

17 Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum, et non fecerunt juxta præceptum regis Ægypti, sed conservabant mares.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.

18 Quibus ad se accersitis, rex ait: Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis, ut pueros servaretis?

And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male-children alive?

19 Quæ responderunt: Non sunt Hebreæ sicut ægyptiæ mulieres: ipsæ enim obstetricandi habent scientiam, et priusquam veniamus ad eas, pariunt.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women: for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them.

20 Bene ergo fecit Deus obstetricibus: et crevit populus, confortatusque est nimis.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

21 Et quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum, ædificavit eis domos.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22 Præcepit ergo Pharao omni populo suo, dicens: Quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, in flumen projicite: quidquid feminini, reservate.

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.